SAN JOSE — Firefighters responded to reports of a structure fire at a childcare center in the city’s Cambrian Park neighborhood.

Photographer Craig Rose tweeted that the 2-alarm fire was reported around 4:40 p.m. in the 14300 block of Bercaw Lane. Rose tweeted the the fire was knocked down and the children and staff at the center were all safe.

Calls to a San Jose Fire Department spokesman were not immediately returned. No information was immediately available on any cause, injury or damage to property.

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